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Viral effects are advertising with low/no staying power because people lose interest and move on to another bright shiny new thing. Network effects have stayin
by holidayacct 6y ago
Viral effects are advertising with low/no staying power because people lose interest and move on to another bright shiny new thing. Network effects have staying power because people in a network tend to all have similar interests.
- thdrdt 6y agoThe viral effect can be the first step to a network effect.
- gumby 6y agoThis is a very important insight -- in fact the main value of the distinction between the two. "The Facebook" had an initial viral value that bootstrapped its network in a way that, say, HotOrNot did not.
- Autocompete 6y agoA 'Network'-Effect, Not ? Short Scenario: Living with an Girlfriend, a normal situation, _you_ are completing her spoken sentences before she could finish (not a 'what was that word'-situation) -because you can and may do what everyday-internet-practice does since...^^
- spenczar5 6y agoI don’t think you are passing your Turing test, my friend :)